Most favorite Obamacare plans cost average of 34 percent more for 2018

The average cost of the most favorite types of Obamacare health plans sold on the federal insurance marketplace will be at least 34 percent higher in 2018, according to an analysis released Wednesday.

The Avalere Health analysis also found lower — however still double-digit — average cost hikes for the different types of Obamacare plans, which go on sale Nov. 1.

Continued uncertainty in Obamacare markets, in addition to the Trump administration’s threats in addition to eventual decision to cut off key payments to insurers are fueling the higher prices, Avalere said.

Many Obamacare customers will be insulated coming from those sharply higher rates because their premiums are subsidized by the federal government.

The subsidies can significantly reduce what a customer directly pays in premiums, with many subsidized customers being able to find a plan for $100 per month or less.

More than 80 percent of Obamacare customers who buy plans on government marketplaces get such subsidies, inside the form of tax credits, because they have low or moderate incomes.

however customers who do not qualify for subsidies will get hit with the full impact of the cost hikes. In many states, nonsubsidized customers will have to shell out more than $100 per month more than what they currently pay for their plans.

About 18 million people who do not get health coverage through a job, Medicare or Medicaid are covered by the types of individual health plans whose prices Avalere analyzed. in addition to about 11 million of those people buy coverage through a government-run exchange.

Avalere’s analysis came on the same day that will prices for 2018 insurance plans were posted for public view on HealthCare.gov, the federally run exchange that will sells individual plans in 36 states.

The health consultancy’s report highlighted cost modifications for so-called silver plans, which are purchased by more than 70 percent of customers who buy coverage on government-run health exchanges.

Silver plans pay for 70 percent of their customers’ health costs: such as surgeries, hospital stays, medical tests in addition to prescription drugs. Customers are responsible for paying for the remaining share of charges.

The average cost of silver plans sold on HealthCare.gov are increasing by 34 percent next year, Avalere said.

The report also found that will the average prices of so-called benchmark plans — which are the second-lowest-priced silver plans in a market — are rising by 38 percent in 2018.

that will can be 13 percentage points higher than the cost hike for benchmark plans in 2017.

Benchmark plan prices are used to calculate the value of the subsidies that will help low- in addition to middle-income customers pay reduced premiums.

The highest increases in silver plan rates were 69 percent in Iowa, where someone who was paying $593 per month for a silver plan This kind of year will be faced using a $1,001 per month premium in 2018.

different big cost hikes are being seen in Wyoming, at 65 percent, Utah at 64 percent, in addition to brand-new Hampshire, at 50 percent.

In brand-new Hampshire, according to Avalere’s analysis, an unsubsidized customer who was paying an average of $462 per month for their silver plan in 2017, will pay $694 per month next year.

In Illinois, whose 31 percent average cost increase in silver plans can be close to the national average, a customer who was paying $620 per month This kind of year will be faced using a premium of $815 per month in 2018.

A handful of states will see average cost reductions for silver plans: Alaska, a 22 percent drop; Arizona, a 6 percent reduction; in addition to North Dakota, a 4 percent drop.

Bronze plans are the second-most favorite type of Obamacare plans, selected by 23 percent of customers of government exchanges.